Annals of Platte County, Missouri - Paxton
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1882, NOV. 764 M. JENNINGS. MOSES JENNINGS. Nov. 21, Moses Jennings died near Edgerton. Children: I. XYIL-LIAM H. JENNINGS, marriedd June 19, 1851, Martha J. Hayden. II. FRANK JENNINGS, married Jan. 20, 1853, Elizabeth Hayden. III. MARGARET JENNINGS, married 1st, William P. Liggett, son of John Liggett (see). Margaret survived, took a child's part, and married second Ed R. Hackett. IV. SOPHRONIA JENNINGS, married Sept. 2, 1858, Rev. James Standiford. (See.) V. AMARANTHA JENNINGS, married 1st, a Davis; second, a Masoner, third a Burnett VI. JOHN JENNINGS, married Sis Workman Under a. State law, the lakes and streams of Missouri are supplied with the spawn of German carp. T. F. Warner is agent for Platte, and is very active. Nov. 25 - The Tontine meet at Masonic Hall, Platte City. Present: Anderson, Belt, S. A. Gilbert, Jenkins, Park, and Darnall. Cartwright, Hunt, and Johnson commit default, and B. W. Gilbert is dead. Nor. 29M-rs. Altemira Yo-com took morphine by mistake and died. GEN. GEORGE P. DORRISS. General George P. Dorriss died at St. Louis. He was born in Robertson County, Ky., October 16, 1807. In early life he went to Galena, Ill., and thence to Shawneetown, Ind. In 1837 he came to Martinsville (now Platte City) and started a general store. In 1840 he paid at the sale of Platte City lots $607 for Lot 1, Block 29. This was the highest price paid for any lot. Here he kept store for several years. He built the brick house now belonging to Jesse Collins, a half-mile south of Platte City. He also built. south of his dwelling, a heavy hewed log prison, entered by a trap-door on top. This was burned down by Doubledays command in 1862. He was engaged in the negro trade, taking large gangs South every few months. He represented the county in 1854, and again in 1860. In the fall of 1861 he removed to St. Louis, and made that city the base of his large operations. His ventures were daring a11d yielded enormous profits. He became a millionaire, loaned money at usurious interest, took army contracts and built a palatial residence on his suburban estate. which was burned after his death. His estate was inventoried all $800,000. Geo P. Dorriss was a son of Thomas Dorriss and Polly Ann Leake, of Nashville, Tenn. Thomas Dorriss was a son of Rev. Joseph Dorriss, chaplain of Gen. Jackson's division of the American army in 1812. Gen. Dorriss received his title by the appointment of Gov. Reynolds, of Illinois. He raised a regiment